Infermental 3 (1983/84)

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Budapest, Hungary, 1983/84
99 contributions, 18 countries, 6 hours

Editors Péter Forgács / László Beke
Co-editors Malgorzata Potocka / Peter Hutton / Egon Bunne
Supervisor Rotraut Pape
Production secretary Zoltán Bonta
 

For us Hungarians the third issue of Infermental was of particular importance; for the first time the Hungarians, yes, in general, the eastern European artists took part in a larger number on a video undertaking of international scale. Naturally, in a land of middle technological development a video culture could only take place relative late, and even today we can only list 5-6 names that have access to video installations on a regular basis. That, finally, Infermental 3 could list among its 100 authors, 22 Hungarians, 5 Polish, 1 Rumanian and 1 Yugoslavian participant, is due to the principle of the video magazine which not only concerns itself with video art but also cinematographie in general (it also informs us about 35, 16 and 8mm films). We should also not loose track of the fact that the Budapest Béla Balázs film studio financed and organized the publication, furthermore, that the idea of Infermental was born in Hungary and that its founder and driving force was a Budapest film-maker, Gábor Bódy. 
(László Beke)
 

 

Content

  1. New Claustrophobia

  2. Hard and Software: Jön - Jön!

  3. Puppet

  4. Cut up

  5. Eccentrics

  6. Life, Feeling

  7. Personalities

  8. Tango and relatives

 

New Claustrophobia

Artist

Title

Country

Year

Duration

Gill, Ken

X-Directory

GB

1983

03:12

Saty

Grundlagen der Topologie

D

1983

02:06

Adams, John

Stories (excerpt)

GB

1983

01:18

Jonas, Joan

He Saw Her Burning (excerpt)

USA

1983

03:07

el Malki, Ellen

Spionieren - Integrieren - Investieren

D

1983

01:57

Potocka, Malgorzata

Zoo

PL

1981

02:31

Swierkiewicz, Róbert

Xertox

H

1983

00:47

Schouten, Lydia

Romeo Is Bleeding

NL

1983

02:25

Bay, Didier

Dreams 1994

F

1983

04:49

Szirtes, János

Növény (Plant)

H

1983

03:06

Stöcklin, Tania

Kopfberg (excerpt)

D

1983

02:11

Maurer, Dóra

Térfestés

H

1983

01:55

Winiarski, Ryszard

Tombola

PL

1982

03:44

 

Hard and Software: Jön - Jön!

Artist

Title

Country

Year

Duration

Aurand, Ute / Pfeiffer, Ulrike

Umweg

D

1983

02:08

Bódy, Gábor

de occulta philosophia

D

1983

01:39

Brandt, Ernst-Michael

Bauhaus by Filmbox

DDR

1983

04:50

Der Plan
Fenstermacher, Frank /
Dahlke, Kurt / Reichelt, Moritz

Gummitwist

D

1983

02:54

Diederichsen, D. /
Hirschbiegel, O.

S / i / Welt Kabel TV

D

1983

05:14

Dixi & Agnes Hay
presented by György Durst

Kiallitas (Exhibition)

D

1983

01:47

Dreher, Christoph

Der karibische Western

D

1984

03:36

Forgács, Péter

Spinoza Infinity

H

1983

04:17

Heer, Johanna /
Schmiedel, Werner

Gold

USA

1983

02:21

Kiss, Marian /
Hámos, Gusztav / Cantu, Ed

Cherie mir ist schlecht

D

1983

05:20

Kovács, Karoly

Fénykilóvellések (Lightpulses)

RU

1981

01:39

Krasinski, Edward

Three Rooms

PL

1981

03:20

M. Raskin Stichting Ens.

Stuyvesant Spot

D/A

1983

01:51

Nagyvári, László

Nosexnous

H

1983

01:39

Schmid, Anka

Transparenz

CH

1983

02:32

Stender, Joachim

1984

D

1983

06:02

Wiener, Zelko

A - von 1984

A

1984

01:25

Yamamoto, Keigo

Breath No. 11

J

1983

05:33

Young, Graham

Ships? I See No Ships!

GB

1983

04:10

 

Puppet

Artist

Title

Country

Year

Duration

Huppertz, Marco

Der große Hirnriss

D

1983

02:11

Vetó, János

Spiral (Experanima)

H

1983

03:05

Dorau, Andreas

Die Welt ist schlecht

H

1983

03:09

Robertshaw, Simon

So Natural

GB

1983

04:09

Somogyi, Joseph

Introduction to Fragment No. 31
(excerpt)

D

1983

01:28

Fiege, Elisabeth /
Berghaus, Dorothee

D. et E. allaient au bataille
(excerpt)

A/D

1983

01:15

Bauer, Ute Meta

Soldat, Soldaten … (excerpt)

D

1983

01:40

Zuzu / Jánoszka

Cavespace Sculptor Portrait (excerpt)

H

1983

02:13

Esser, Michael

Alle Dinge tragen

H

1983

03:01

Galeta, Ladislav

Video 6

YU

1979

02:13

Baranyai, András

Selfportrait with Jane Moris (excerpt)

H

1983

01:45

Schäffler, Axel

o.T. (excerpt)

D

1983

01:42

 

Cut up

Artist

Title

Country

Year

Duration

Padeluun

Head -TV (excerpt)

D

1983

01:59

Shatavsky, Esther

Bedtime Story (excerpt)

USA

1981

02:06

Puicouyoul, Philippe

Pro - Motion (excerpt)

F

1983

04:25

Hills, Henry

Kino - Da!

USA

1981

01:54

Llurex

Die Frau (excerpt)

D

1984

01:45

Child, Abigail

Mutiny (excerpt)

USA

1982

03:15

Igramham, Fatima

Rock It (Loop)

USA

1983

02:30

Grotesk Corporation

Paperwall Music

F

1983

05:14

 

Eccentrics

Artist

Title

Country

Year

Duration

Janiak / Kwietniewski / Swietlik

Lódz Kaliska (excerpt)

PL

1983

03:05

Grayson, Richard

Three Real Things (excerpt)

GB

1983

02:52

Szikora, János / Pauer, Gyula

Aló (The Horse) (excerpt)

H

1983

03:16

Balzer, Thomas

G. A. W. und der künftige Musikant
als/in HEUTE (excerpt)

D

1983

04:12

Skudder / Kage

World Sculpture Racing

USA

1983

03:03

Sugár, János

A hihetöség határán áll a
szándékosságnak ez a tipusa
(This type of Intention Based on t
he Border of Credibility) (excerpt)

H

1983

01:50

Steve & Mark

In the Laundrymat

USA

1983

05:26

Dr. Horváth / Jaray, Alfred

Hanna und Tarzan

H

1983

02:43

Wolkenstein, Rolf

The Scherbs (excerpt)

D

1983

02:32

Szirtes, András

Csústalálkozó (Summit Meeting) ( excerpt)

H

1983

03:30

Rubin, Jon

Floating Cinema (excerpt)

USA

1983

04:50

Kawazu, Marie

Armada (excerpt)

J/F/PO

1983

02:55

Legéndy, Peter

Téveszme (Delusion) (excerpt)

H

1983

01:12

Montevideo

Auto Awac

NL

1983

11:01

 

Life, Feeling

Artist

Title

Country

Year

Duration

Coerper, Paul

Der Kaffee ist kalt (excerpt)

D

1983

03:23

Hutton, Peter

New York Portrait 2 (excerpt)

USA

1981

05:10

Bonta, Zoltán

Mérgezett idill (Poisoned Idyll) (excerpt)

H

1983

04:29

Soborg, Torben

Figures in Room / Version 2 (excerpt)

Dk

1983

01:20

Robakowski, Josef

Waiting Time (excerpt)

PL

1982

05:38

Dekeyser, P. / Guilmault, I.

Factis (excerpt)

F

1983

05:44

Morris, Michael / Trasov, Vincent

Constructivist Still-Life

CDN/D

1983

03:01

Forgács, Péter

Sántha, Agnes (Squat)

USA/H

1983

03:40

Kalotaszegi, András

Etude (excerpt)

H

1983

01:34

Burckhardt, Rudy

Square Times (excerpt)

USA

1967

06:41

 

Personalities

Artist

Title

Country

Year

Duration

Baksa, János / SoósAnyag útja (Way of Material)

D

1984

03:25

Dill, Alexander / IF ServiceOptimistische Philosophie

D

1984

02:38

Erdély, MiklósPihenés (Relaxion)

D

1984

01:15

Galantai, GyörgyBélyegfilm (Stampfilm) (excerpt)

H

1984

02:27

Gazsi, ZoltánVig, Mihály presented by Zoltán Gazsi

H

1983

05:04

Gottschalk, MikoDomhandlungen - Domeacts (excerpt)

D

1983

02:15

Kissing, CharlesLe Projet 12 (excerpt)

D

1983

01:52

Mol, KeesPsycho (excerpt)

NL

1983

04:44

Ortmans, Joachim /
Mohrhenn, Wolfgang
Allen Ginsberg on tour, feb. 16 1983
with Peter Orlovsky & Steven Taylor (excerpt)

D

1983

03:21

Weiner, LawrenceBroken off. Beached

USA

1970

03:28

 

Tango and relatives

Artist

Title

Country

Year

Duration

Burkus, Sándor

Elmosódik (Fade Away)

H

1983

02:34

Cantu, Marie / Pázmándy, Katalin

Der Menschenfresser

D

1983

01:51

Egli, Jürg

The Courageous Violent

CH

1987-88

02:51

Ernst, Christian

1/2 Minute Video

CDN

1988

01:11

Frez, Ilja

Ein Narrenfeiertag (excerpt)

SU

1987

09:20

Graf + ZYX

Herzo Base Exit (excerpt)

A

1986

11:05

Hardt, Sascha J.

Will

D

1983

02:28

Johannsen, Kirsten

Walzerfilm

D

1983

03:34

Klepsch, Axel / Kreyssig, Martin

Singin in the LASER-rain

D

1983

02:39

Lattanzi, Barbara

Soma (Work in Progress)

USA

1988

05:37

Mertvij, A. / Jufit, E.

Becha / Frühling

SU

1987

11:22

Müller, Peter Ivan

Yassasin Comes and Goes

H

1983

03:09

Pasquella, Don

Hiding from Hockney (excerpt)

USA

1987

02:09

Philipson, Goran

Kjartabslettermark

S

1983

04:34

Rolfe, Nigel

Dance / Slap

IRL

1983

04:59

Snow, George

Die Verabredung / The Assignation

GB

1988

12:11

St. James, Marty / Wilson, Anne

An American Romance (excerpt)

GB

1983

03:25

Wagnest, Matta / Eder, Nicolas

Verbal (excerpt)

A

1988

03:16

Wahorn, András / Bizottság Band

Mila Repa Version from
Albert Einstein Icecream Ballet

H

1983

05:55